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(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Don Huffines today applauded the state’s most recent employment report data, which affirmed that Texas continues to outpace national trends, adding 159,000 nonfarm jobs between August 2025 and August 2026. According to data from the Texas Workforce Commission and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas’ workforce grew by 1.1% during those 12…

Texas Historical Commission, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Launch Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Trail Website ABILENE – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Texas Historical Commission have partnered to launch the Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Trail website. This website is hosted on TexasTimeTravel.com, the state’s official heritage tourism website managed by the Texas Historical Commission…

Texas has an urgent need to replenish the blood supply to treat local patients.   According to nonprofit blood center Carter BloodCare, all blood types are needed this month, including O negative for premature babies and O positive for patients injured in car and truck wrecks.   Carter BloodCare donors also help Texans battling cancer;…

SHREVEPORT, La. (Sept. 18) – Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) recognized 18 lineworkers Thursday who completed the company’s U.S. Department of Labor-accredited apprenticeship program and earned journeyman lineworker status. SWEPCO celebrated the graduates and their families with a luncheon honoring their significant career milestone, while recognizing the important role these skilled employees play in supporting…

View as a webpage Sept. 18, 2026 The Habitat and Angler Access Program Enhances and Expands Freshwater Fishing Opportunities in Texas AUSTIN – Project ideas and proposals are now being accepted for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Habitat and Angler Access Program (HAAP). HAAP provides essential funding for projects that increase shoreline and…

Bowie County   Interstate 30 (I-30) – From Farm to Market road (FM) 989/Kings Highway to Arkansas state line, widening highway. Westbound lanes back to traditional, two-lane traffic pattern. Westbound entrance & exit ramps open. Traveling I-30 eastbound: Exit 217 to access Kings Highway & FM 2148. Lanes split. Exit 218 for local access east of Pecan…

PLANO, Texas – A Kansas City, Missouri, woman has been arrested and charged with federal violations related to terroristic social media threats in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.   Sharifa Nicole Henderson, 34, was named in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury on September 9, 2026,…

BIG BEND REGION — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has started installing wall panels in Hudspeth County in West Texas. CBP says work is underway on Big Bend 1, a 47-mile segment of a planned 30-foot steel wall that would run from south of Sierra Blanca to Big Bend Ranch State Park. It is…

By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune September 18, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has awarded a long-awaited $7.5 billion to Texas as reimbursement for the money the state spent on border security during Joe Biden’s presidency. The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Administration approved the grant Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott…

By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune September 18, 2026 The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a surrogate’s attempt to keep the child she delivered in Texas, clearing the way for the biological parents to take the medically fragile infant to California. On Thursday, the Texas Supreme Court denied the request by McKenna West, an Alaskan…